Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was recently reinstalled as the 16th Emir of Kano, has expressed that his reinstatement signifies divine intervention and the will of God.
In his appreciation speech delivered at the Government House in Kano on Friday, after receiving his appointment letter from Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf, Sanusi shared his gratitude.
Sanusi’s reinstatement follows his dethronement in 2020, which occurred after a contentious dispute with former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
He said, “The Arabians used to say in everything that we are going to witness, there is a lesson that shows us that God is there. Whatever is happening to an individual is preordained by Allah and to those who are sensible enough, it’s a lesson.
“God is one and whatever He does, nobody can change and what He doesn’t do, nobody can.
“Time will not permit for long talks. Whatever we will say, we have said it when we were leaving.
“We made it clear that God has preordained time and cause for everything and everyone. He gave leadership to whom he wanted and at the time he wanted. When He gives, no one can take it away and when he takes it away, nobody can take it back.”
Sanusi reminisced about his initial appointment as Emir by former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso in 2014. Now, a decade later, he finds himself once again receiving the reappointment letter, this time from Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
“My Governor and our assembly members, you will not understand the gravity of what you did for the history of Kano and the country at large. Among Kano Emirs, it started from Bagauda over 1,000 years ago.
“In this year, it was once that we had Emir Muhammadu Koguna who was overthrown and he came back after some days. This shows that in 1,000 years, there has been no case like what happened now.
“In the northern part of this country, we have seen it in different states how politicians balkanised emirates with a state with one Emir becoming 20, some 19. In states of northern Nigeria, there are Local Governments with two or three first-class Emirs all because the system has been destroyed.
“This thing that has been brought to Kano, had it been it was allowed, one day we will wake up with Emir of Kumbotso, Bichi, Fagge and 44 Emirs. So what the government and the assembly did is a rescue mission.”
While presenting the appointment letter to Sanusi, the governor said, “By the powers conferred on me by the Kano Emirate Council Law of 1984 and 2024, and supported by the recommendation of the kingmakers;
“I have the singular pleasure of confirming the reappointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano and the head of the Kano Emirate Council.”
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf emphasized that Sanusi’s reappointment was “based on his competence, credibility, and popularity.”
He urged the newly reinstated Emir to adhere to the principles of Islamic teachings and to use his position to unify the emirate, promoting harmony among the various Islamic sects in the state.
